Tuesday, December 22, 2009

No ABCards this Week

The Atwood Business Cards encountered a glitch so will not be ready this week. Hopefully we'll get them squared away for next year.

As you can see the dingdongs left off the beginning and the end marks on the ruler scale. I purposely made a ruler scale that was supposed to be centered in the space on this tool. That way if the machine marked it a little to the left or right then it would not matter if it lined up with the end of the ruler or not. I had to trash a few of the rulers earlier this year because they missed a mark.

But, they used the files for the old rulers which do not have the end marks that we specifically created for the ABC. The end marks should be spaced one increment over on either end and they are the same length as the 1 and 2 hashmarks. Same thing on the reverse of the tool which is metric. However, they say that they can run them through again and add the marks so we'll see...this sample is bead blasted but I'm hoping most of them would end up stonewashed. Otherwise, it's a nice tool. :)

From the insert card:

The Atwood Business Card combines 21 wrench functions in a single wallet sized 420 stainless steel card tool. Features include six SAE sizes: ¼, 5/16, 3/8, 7/16, ½, 9/16. Metric sizes include 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16mm in the center set and 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15mm in the righthand set. ¼ and 5/16 nut driver openings and 5/16 bottle opener are included. Two rulers complete the package.

Peter: Sorry to hear about the ABCs. I've been poised like a crouching tiger waiting to pounce and place my order for one of these. Oh well, guess I'll just have to learn to wait patiently until NEXT YEAR!!

Thanks for everything... and here'e hoping that my first purchase of 2010 is a shiny new ABC.

Peter, I am sorry to hear about the snafu. I know that you wanted to get these ready for everyone prior to the Holidays. Just out of curiosity, are you planning on anymore SUSales or regular sales prior to next week? I am asking this so we can know whether to let you have a well deserved break or bother you incessantly over the next few days. Even without a sale I am sure that we will probably still email you at regular intervals to get our Planet Pocket Tool fix. Take care.

Well, I think I probably will be taking a break. I do have a few odds and ends such as a half dozen more Three Slot SlotShots and also about 20 Five Slot SlotShots.

But I had been planning to do a big sale with these card tools so now I'm completely derailed. However, with Christmas coming up and some family here for the holidays there is no shortage of distractions right now. So if anyone wants to email me on the shot glasses please do. Otherwise I think I'll just take a break for a few days and spend some time with the relatives...

These are beautiful. I had been wondering what you meant by a biz card . . .

Sorry for the frustrations. Maybe just means you are suppose to kick back and enjoy the holidays.

One Q: any problem carrying this on an airplane? I have had some problem with innocuous bike tools because some security screeners are of the opinion that ANY tool is prohibited in carry on luggage. (Just hate to think of losing an Atwood piece because it needed to be checked.)

jtThank you for that web page. I had my bicycle tool in my hold baggage but lost some hex bits because they were tools. The bicycle tool was menaced at Amsterdam airport and the prospect of losing it was awful.